Liracraea otakauica
| Liracraea otakauica | |
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| Holotype, collected in 110 metres, off Taiaroa Head, Otago, NZ (MA71011). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Liracraea |
| Species: | L. otakauica
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| Binomial name | |
| Liracraea otakauica Powell, 1942
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Liracraea otakauica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
There is one subspecies: Liracraea odhneri benthicola Dell, 1956
Description
The length of the shell attains 7.8 mm, its diameter 2.7 mm.
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand occurs off Otago, within South-eastern South Island, Chatham Islands and Mernoo Bank, from 40-555m.
Some recorded Localities
Source:[2]
- 250-300 metres, Head of Waitaki Canyon, off Oamaru, NZ *98
- 530-590 metres, Head of Karitane Canyon, off Taiaroa Head, NZ *98
- 110 metres, off Taiaroa Head, NZ, (holotype)
- 550 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, off Taiaroa Head, NZ *98
- 105 metres, NE of Cape Saunders, off Otago Peninsula, NZ
- 220 metres, off Taiaroa Head, NZ *98
- 550-600 metres, Papanui Canyon, off Otago Peninsula, NZ
- 220-350 metres, Papanui Canyon, off Otago Peninsula, NZ
- 360 metres, Saunders Canyon, off Otago Peninsula, NZ
- 150 metres, off Taieri, S of Dunedin, NZ
- 140 metres, SE of Nugget Point, SSW of Dunedin, NZ
References
- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Liracraea odhneri A. W. B. Powell, 1942". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "NZ Mollusca - Liracraea otakauica". www.mollusca.co.nz. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- Powell, A.W.B. 1942 The New Zealand Recent and fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae with general notes on turrid nomenclature and systematics, Auckland Institute and Museum Bulletin, 2 (p.149) (first original description)
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp. 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.